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3 Nov 2017, 10:02 am by Benjamin Wittes
As the estimable Josh Gerstein recounts in Politico: In a speech to an audience of judges and attorneys in Washington, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Trump’s nominations of distinguished lawyers to top Justice Department posts demonstrated his fidelity to “American values. [read post]
10 May 2017, 1:49 pm by Helen Klein Murillo
However, NPR explains that the president is authorized to appoint an interim Director outside of the usual order of succession and that Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein are interviewing candidates for the job. [read post]
9 May 2017, 4:46 pm by Benjamin Wittes, Susan Hennessey
  In announcing Comey’s dismissal, the White House released a package of documents which included a statement from Press Secretary Sean Spicer and letters from President Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. [read post]
25 Oct 2018, 5:00 am by Stephen Bates
For instance, Jack Goldsmith has suggested that because of the manner of the appointment, the Justice Department special counsel regulations may apply to Mueller but not to his boss, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 9:45 am by Stewart Baker
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was talking openly to his aides about wearing a wire to his meetings with the president. [read post]
11 May 2017, 10:46 am by Rachel Bercovitz
In an interview on NBC, President Trump declared that he had decided to fire Comey before speaking with either Attorney General Jeff Sessions or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on the matter. [read post]
2 May 2018, 8:17 am by Vanessa Sauter
On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein pushed back on his critics, stating the Justice Department “is not going to be extorted,” according to CNN. [read post]
22 Sep 2018, 5:42 am by Anushka Limaye, Victoria Clark
On Friday, a New York Times report alleged that deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein suggested wearing a wire to secretly record the president and discussed invoking the 25th Amendment. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 10:49 am by Anushka Limaye
Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein’s congressional hearing over his suggestion to wiretap President Trump was postponed, reports CNN. [read post]
29 Sep 2018, 7:01 am by Anushka Limaye
After a confusing week in which rumors flew that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had resigned or would be fired, Rosenstein has kept his job—for now. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 5:17 am by Benjamin Wittes
Moving down the Justice Department chain of command, the President is also cool toward Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, describing Sessions’ recusal as causing the president to “end up with a second man. [read post]
1 Jun 2017, 1:31 pm by Aditya Bamzai
In the case of the Rosenstein Order’s delegation of a counterintelligence investigation to Mueller, it is useful to think of two possible sources of limits on the Attorney General’s authority—the first, regulatory, and the second, statutory. [read post]
5 Mar 2017, 2:30 pm by Jane Chong
That said, a close examination of the general legal and policy landscape yields a strong argument that the attorney general is not categorically obliged to provide Trump any and all foreign intelligence-related information that he requests. [read post]
26 Sep 2018, 2:24 pm by Anushka Limaye
Patja Howell also posted this week's episode of Rational Security, in which the gang (with special guest Sophia Yan) discussed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s uncertain position, escalating tensions between China and the U.S. over the trade war and, finally, President Trump’s speech to the UN General Assembly. [read post]
23 May 2017, 9:30 am by Josh Blackman
Last week, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert S. [read post]
15 May 2017, 9:45 am
According to initial White House statements — by most accounts hastily assembled with little coordination — the president dismissed Comey on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. [read post]
” The Times also noted that Trump considered firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller, in order to place Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand in charge of the investigation. [read post]